@Jeff, you are getting the likeness and that's not easy. So, well done!

In terms of technique it may have been a good idea to stain the entire canvas first in a fairly dark neutral colour. Mark uses BU and a little white. It gets rid of annoying white canvas, can serve as one of your half tones and it unifies everything. Try it with your next one. But you're doing a good job with this and I look forward to seeing where you take it.

Terrific work. The eyes are so well done, you can't get away with leaving the hair that way. It begs for more detail at least close to the face. The ear too but as it recedes you can use less and less. For his left shoulder decoration, you ca just get some of the same colors and values right. Probably don't need the twisty detail.

@BOB73. I noticed that too. I’m gonna choose the cowbell color rather than dirty up cowbell with umber and ochre. I’ll whiten the scarf with white , and grey type colors. I think lol. Lips are also killing me

The lips look good. Better in fact than most portraits of GW. He apparently had a permanent grimace because of his wooden dentures. His mouth always reminded me of actor Henry Daniels. The similarity was stronger when he was older. Daniels played Dr. Moriority in a few Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1940's with Basil Rathbone in the title role.